Wes Streeting said Israel was committing war crimes. What now?
Andy Burnhamβs new defence secretary is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes exhibits βrogue state behaviourβ Late last July, as a famine unfolded in Gaza and Israeli settler attacks intensified in the West Bank, Wes Streeting texted a friend shortly before midnight. βIsrael is committing war crimes before our eyes,β the then health secretary told Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp.βTheir government talks the languages of ethnic cleansing and I have met with our own medics out there who describe the most chilling and distressing scenes of calculated brutality against women and children.βIn messages that Streeting released earlier…

